# Accident 20240911012969A: Cessna 170A, Marshall, IN, September 11, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2024, 12:43 local time
- Place: Marshall, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4794° N, 86.0542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4794&lon=-86.0542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1249D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1249D-2024-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240911012969A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 09/11/2024, A 1951 CESSNA 170A DEPARTED LANDINGS CONDOMINIUM AIRPORT (82IS) IN HUNTLEY, IL AT APPROXIMATELY 0944 CDT HEADING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS ELIZABETHTOWN, KY. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 UNDER VFR CONDITIONS.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1240 EDT WHILE CRUISING AT 3500 FEET THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A KNOCK IN THE ENGINE. PILOT NOTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS LOSING ENGINE OIL PRESSURE AND THE ENGINE STARTING TO OVERHEAT. THE KNOCK BEGAN TO GET LOUDER AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO ATTEMPT AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. AT 1244 EDT THE LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD UNTIL THE NOSE AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. THE PILOT RELEASED HIS SEATBELT AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT ON HIS OWN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WERE REPORTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN24LA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA354), Sep 11, 2024: Cessna 170A (N1249D), Marshall, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue fracture of the No. 6 piston connecting rod, which resulted in a loss of engine power.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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